Alex W

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Customer Solutions Architect | Infrastructure and Cloud @ Selectel
Wuppertal, NRW, DE
Alex W's Location
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Germany
About Alex W

An IT enthusiast with 17 years of experience in the field, including: • 5 years working with telecommunications operators as a Software Engineer • 12 years collaborating with system integrators and cloud service providers on various complex projects.Career progression has included roles from field engineer in a data center to IT infrastructure manager. Numerous complex projects have been successfully implemented as a Technical Project Leader using modern project management methodologies. Open to new professional connections and communications.

Alex W's Current Company Details
Selectel

Selectel

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Customer Solutions Architect | Infrastructure and Cloud
Wuppertal, NRW, DE
Website:
selectel.com
Employees:
418
Alex W Work Experience Details
  • Selectel
    Customer Solutions Architect | Infrastructure And Cloud
    Selectel
    Wuppertal, Nrw, De
  • Self Employed
    Technical Project Manager/ Vmware Consultant
    Self Employed Mar 2023 - Dec 2023
    • Consulting cloud service providers on VMware products • Design and architecture of private clouds based on: vSphere + vCenter + vSAN + NSX vSphere + vCenter + Classical storage systems + NSX vSphere + vCenter + vSAN + Horizon (VDI with/without vGPU) • Design and architecture of highly secure private clouds based on: vSphere + vCenter + vSAN + NSX + Cybersecurity • Design and architecture of Disaster Recovery solutions for private clouds based on: vSphere + vCenter HA + vSAN Stretched Cluster + NSX vSphere + vCenter + vSAN + NSX + SRM or vCAV or Veeam B&R DR • Design and architecture of private clouds for SAP HANA based on: vSphere + vCenter + vSAN + NSX vSphere + vCenter + Classical storage systems + NSX • Implementing and supporting private and hybrid clouds based on VMware, Veeam B&R & Nvidia products for customers • Migration of clients from AWS, GCP, Azure, On-premises to private clouds based on VMware products • • Development of working documentation for IT infrastructure projects.
  • Selectel
    Senior Technical Project Manager Vmware
    Selectel Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
    St Petersburg City, Russia
    Technical project manager VMware @Selectel cloud provider. Selectel is a cloud service provider, ranked among the top 5 largest service providers in Russia. • I am responsible for the development of private and hybrid clouds based on VMware products. The SLA level for private clouds is 99.88%, and for DR solutions, it is 99.99%. • Implementing and supporting private and hybrid clouds based on VMware, Veeam B&R & Nvidia products for customers. • Presale of solutions for clients. Design and architecture of solutions for clients • Managing the lifecycle of client projects • Managing and controlling the budget and hardware procurement for product team. • Leading a team of system engineers and developers • MVP new regions in the global market for the company
  • Rostelecom Data Centres
    Technical Project Manager/Infrastructure Architect
    Rostelecom Data Centres Apr 2017 - Apr 2021
    Moscow City, Russia
    Project Manager & Infrastructure Architect for Cloud Infrastructure Department Rostelecom is the largest cloud service provider in Russia. My team and I were responsible for implementing and supporting public, private clouds for large corporate businesses. • Implementation and support of projects for the private cloud infrastructure of the web portal and mobile application gosuslugi.ru. SLA level 99.99%.• Implementation and support of projects based on public and private cloud services for the company’s clients using VMware, oVirt, OpenStack, and OpenShift products.• Management of cross-functional teams during the implementation of cloud infrastructure projects.• Project program management.• Budget management for projects and procurement of equipment.• Preparation of technical solutions and presenting them to the company’s top management.• Technical design of cloud infrastructures, from the rack level in data centers to the application level.• Lifecycle management and support of a large cloud infrastructure based on 10 data centers: Virtualization platforms: VMware vSphere vCenter, OpenStack, oVirt. PaaS platforms: OpenShift, Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal servers. Bare-metal servers: Oracle, PostgreSQL, Elastic, Cassandra clusters. Backup: NetBackup with external storage systems for backups, as well as tape libraries. Classic Clos network architecture with strict isolation of each network segment, along with security tools, firewalls, and load balancing solutions. Data storage: Over 20 storage systems with SAN networks built on FC. Use of S3 systems as both hardware solutions and virtual appliances based on Hitachi. HPC - more than 600 hypervisors for various computations and tasks.• Implementation of migration projects from one virtualization platform to another.• Implementation of migration projects from one data center to another.
  • Rostelecom
    Chief Manager It Infrastructure Department
    Rostelecom Jan 2015 - Mar 2017
    Moscow City, Russia
    • Support and management of the company’s data centers for the gosuslugi.ru project (8 data centers) • Support and management of the company’s data centers for the o7.com project • Conducting tests and trials for fault tolerance in the company’s data centers • Managing the lifecycle of equipment in the data centers • Creation and updating of technical documentation • Maintenance and support of the company’s server equipment: a) Replacement of faulty components b) Installation and configuration of operating systems for hypervisors: ESXi, KVM, and bare-metal servers: Windows Server, Linux RHEL, CentOS c) Updating firmware and drivers to the latest versions d) Resolving low-level server hardware issues in collaboration with hardware vendors • Commissioning of new server equipment and upgrading existing server equipment • Testing server equipment in the laboratory • Management and implementation of IT infrastructure projects: a) Creating private and hybrid cloud solutions for clients (IaaS: VMware vSphere vCenter, VMware vCloud Director, VDI VMware Horizon) b) Creating solutions based on public cloud platforms (IaaS: VMware vCloud Director, OpenStack cloud) c) Creating on-premise infrastructures based on VMware and OpenStack technologies.
  • Ao Rt Labs
    Chief Manager It Infrastructure Department
    Ao Rt Labs Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
    Moscow City, Russia
    • Head of the Data Center Division of the Company • Account Manager for the Company’s Clients • Support and management of the company’s data center for the gosuslugi.ru project (8 data centers) • Participation in the company’s infrastructure projects • Conducting tests and trials for fault tolerance in the company’s data centers • Managing the lifecycle of equipment in data centers • Creation and updating of technical documentation
  • At Consulting
    Head Of Datacenter Group
    At Consulting Apr 2012 - Jan 2014
    Moscow City, Russia
    • Head of the Data Center Division of the Company • Account Manager for the Company’s Clients • Support and management of the company’s data center for the gosuslugi.ru project (8 data centers) • Participation in the company’s infrastructure projects • Conducting tests and trials for fault tolerance in the company’s data centers • Managing the lifecycle of equipment in data centers • Creation and updating of technical documentation
  • Beeline Russia
    Senior It Specialist
    Beeline Russia Nov 2010 - Apr 2012
    Krasnodar, Russia
    • Administration and support of corporate databases (Oracle) • Management and support of corporate ERP systems • Management and support of corporate billing systems • 2nd level user support, incident • Resolving issues at the 3rd level in collaboration with solution vendors • Creation and preparation of statistical reports
  • Gazprom
    Senior Engineer
    Gazprom Feb 2010 - Nov 2010
    Krasnodar, Russia
    • Administration and support of corporate databases (Oracle) • Implementation and support of a corporate transaction management system for a large network of gas stations, based on the solution provider nkt.software • Implementation of IT infrastructure processes for organizing promotional campaigns for gas station clients • 2nd level user support • Resolving issues at the 3rd level in collaboration with solution vendors • Management and support of the company’s POS terminal network • Repairing malfunctioning POS terminals and replacing workstations in gas station offices • Launching and commissioning new gas station offices • Training staff at the company’s gas station offices
  • South Telecommunications Company
    Lead Software Engineer
    South Telecommunications Company Aug 2007 - Feb 2010
    Krasnodar, Russia
    • Administration and support of corporate databases (Oracle) • Management and support of corporate ERP systems • Management and support of corporate billing systems • 2nd level user support, incident • Resolving issues at the 3rd level in collaboration with solution vendors • Creation and preparation of statistical reports

Alex W Education Details

  • Kuban State University Of Technology
    Kuban State University Of Technology
    Faculty Of Computer Technologies For Automated Control Systems And Information Protection

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Alex W works for Selectel

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Alex W's current role is Customer Solutions Architect | Infrastructure and Cloud.

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Alex W attended Kuban State University Of Technology.

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Alex W's colleagues are Alina Danilova, Una Kiyyan, Владислав Амяга, Даниил Крылов, Polina Rogacheva, Lev Evseenko, Aleksey Korneev.

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